Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
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The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
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The project, Post Global, consists of images that were developed in concert with a research paper exploring two prevailing forces, homelessness/the underhoused and the global effects of climate...
This project was inspired by its first photographer, Gafri. During a conversation about why people seem to believe that homelessness doesn’t exist here in York Region, he said “give me a camera, I’ll...
Homeless gay youths on the streets of Los Angeles County are largely a hidden population.
Part of how they survive is by blending in. Police officers are quick to issue tickets, and the streets are...
People living with serious mental illness face profound barriers to employment. Their unemployment rate has been reported to range from 70-90%, depending on the severity of the disability.* Yet,...
Members of the group used disposable cameras to photograph their homes and to express visually what their homes mean to them. The multiple images of home have been captured into a visually striking...
Photos taken by young Scottish people affected by homelessness portray life on the streets.
The Unaddressed focuses on the under-housed, giving voice to their personal opinions. By photographing subjects holding a cardboard sign that announces their concerns, the project challenges...
Between July 1997-February 1998, 40 disposable cameras were given to homeless people in Budapest. Each participant was asked to take pictures of whatever they felt to be interesting or important in...
This is a gallery of homeless pictures from around Australia of street kids (aged 8 to 21) and the places they sleep (squats).
The gallery reveals the shocking conditions in which homeless people...
This is a beautiful book which portrays the reality of homelessness in NYC in remarkably moving portraits, and the personal words and stories of the featured homeless themselves.